The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-05
TOO FAR FROM BUSINESS.
OPPOSITION TO THE NEW POST
OFFICE SITE.

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The Cotton Exchange Protests Against
Locating the Public Building South
of South Broad Street A Mass Meet
ing to be Held at the City Exchange
at Noon To-Day
The opposition to locating the new pub
lie building on the Oglethorpe Barracks site
is taking definite shape The Cotton Ex-
change met yesterday and passed resolutions
protesting against the removal of the post
Office so far beyond the business centre of
the city, and formal protest, embodying
the substance Of the resolutions was tele-
graphed to Secretary Fairchild.
THE COTTON EXCHANGE.
The general sentiment of the business
community is opposed to the barracks site.
a large majority of the members of the
Cotton Exchange are very pronounced in
their opposition to any site south of South
Broad street Individual members have
their preferences as to location, but the Ex-
change favors any available site between
Whitaker and Drayton streets, and not fur
Their south than South Broad. The resoll-
tons adopted by the Exchange were offered
by Mr. F. M. Farley.
OPPOSED TO THE BARRACKS.
WHEREAS. it is reported that the govern
ment contemplates purchasing a portion or
all of the Oglethorpe Barracks lot as a site
for the proposed public building, and
whereas the said lot is so far removed from
the business centre of the city that the locat-
ing thereon of the post office would entail
great loss and inconvenience to the CONNER
cial and mercantile interests of the commu-
nifty, and whereas, it is the opinion of
this Exchange that a site can be
had within the district south of
Bay, north of South Broad and
between Drayton and Whitaker streets that
would suit in every way as well as the bar
racks lot, or any other in the city for court
rooms, and be far more convenient for the
post office.
A FORMAL PROTEST.
Therefore, be IL resolved. That this Ex-
change, through its President aud Secre-
tary, enter with the Honorable Secretary
or the Treasury its earnest protest against
locating the post office as proposed; be it
Further resoired, That the Acting Mayor
of the city he requested to call meeting of
citizens at the Long Room of the Exchange
on the earliest day practicable of this week,
said meeting to be at IL o'clock noon, to
give svch expression relative to the matter
as to all may seem best.
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.
The vote on the resolutions was % to 7.
Capt Henry Blum, and Messrs. r. NJ.
Green, j. c. Rowland, John Nisbet and
R. r. Dancy We're the principal opposition.
Supt. Bryan, telegraphed the substance of
the resolutions to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury Immediately upon the adjournment of
the meeting, and a copy was also sent to
Acting Mayor SchwaTz, who has issued a
call for citizens meeting at the Exchange
Long Room at l2:30 o'clock to-day.
TALK ON THE STREET.
A leading member of the Exchange said
last night that there are plenty of sites that
can be had without going way out of reach
of the business portion of the city. Bav
street business men arc satisfied with the
post Office where it now is. They are will
ing. though, that it shall go farther south.
even to South Broad street. ii a desirable
site can be secured, but they are not willing
that it shall be put where the government
proposes to put it. This is the way Bay
street looks at it,
A POST OFFICE FOR THE PEOPLE.
1.-THE pest Office said a leading cotton
merchant, lis for the people, and it ought
to be where it suits the largest number
The barracks is too far out of the way for
that
The almost unanimous sentiment along
the Bay, and on Broughton and Congress
streets is strongly opposed to the proposed
location. The matter was the topic of talk
everywhere yesterday, and the talk was
almost all one way.